The story appears to be a combination of the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes of Fate/stay night with Bleach thrown into the mix, though the author has mentioned that pieces from the Heaven's Feel route will be incorporated as well. Possibly one of the best aspects of this story is the writing; Nameless has a solid grasp on the characters of both universes, and it shows.

Big Damn Heroes: Quite a few instances, but the most spectacular is Ichigo's rescuing of Rider.

Blood Knight: Both Lancer and Ichigo show their tendencies during their intense rematch. Rider is also this, albeit to a lesser extent.

Blue and Orange Morality: Ichigo's group vs. All the magi who aren't Shirou and all the Heroic Spirits. Soul reapers are trying to maintain the balance of souls between the worlds and keep casualties to a minimum. The other participants in the Holy Grail War, excluding Shirou, are there to get the Holy Grail by whatever means and keep anyone from finding out. Their morals aren't just different, they're flat-out incompatible.

Chekhov's Skill: Rider dreams about Ichigo's fight with Kenpachi in Soul Society through the Command Seal link. The next night, Ichigo displays the ability to handle Berserker easily, to the wonderment of everyone else there. Rider recalls the dream and realizes that the reason Ichigo can fight Berserker so well is because he has experience fighting opponents who have overwhelming power and no strategy.

Didn't See That Coming: When Lancer and Bazett have their reunion, they manage to keep Kirei from understanding what they are talking about simply by speaking in Gaelic, a language Kotomine doesn't know. He's actually impressed that they managed to outwit him so simply.

Dissonant Serenity: Ichigo, and later Shirou and Rin, note the dissonance of Illya talking about Berserker brutally killing them with a serene tone of voice and even a giggle in the latter's case.

Eldritch Abomination: Caster fuses one of her Dragon Tooth skeleton familiars with a captured Hollow and creates a creature that according to Assassin is an aberration against nature.

Enemy Mine: Sort of. After Hollows start showing up in Fuyuki City en masse, the Masters and Servants shift their focus from fighting each other to dealing with the infestation. Gilgamesh is not pleased by this, though it doesn't stop him from killing a few Hollows himself every now and then. However, no alliances are officially made, and several Servants and Masters still find the time to fight each other.

Morality Kitchen Sink: Ichigo's group is full of undeniably good, and Rider is A Lighter Shade of Grey at her worst. Shirou is just as kind as the nicest of that group, but also rather naive, and his group is largely more morally complex: Rin is pragmatic but kinder in nature, Saber is just but ruthless by necessity, and Archer is helpful but manipulative. Caster is wholly self-serving, with everyone on her side unquestionably loyal save Assassin - who mostly just wants a Worthy Opponent but is also a Noble Top Enforcer with a strong sense of honour. Soul Society are mostly concerned with keeping the balance of souls intact and thus want to limit the damage the War will cause, but would be willing to make sacrifices if it comes to it. Kotomine and Gligamesh are allies of convenience with similar goals who care little for the damage caused so long as their goals can be met; meanwhile, Zouken is only concerned about attaining immortality and will do anything, including manipulating his family and killing countless people, to achieve that.

Poor Communication Kills: The two major groups of good guys are trying to kill each other, mostly because they don't seem to know squat about the right way to find out who is a potential ally and who isn't. Ichigo and his True Companions are acting all mysterious and interrogative, with ominous questions being thrown out. ("Why do you want the Grail?") Shirou and his allies aren't much better, as their first response to this is to attack the people who haven't done anything yet. It gets especially bad when Saber tries to use Excalibur on Rider and Ichigo gets pissed off in response.

As Chapter 22 shows, the Fuyuki group are worse at it; though they've no reason to trust the ominous people, their first response appears to be "attack first, ask questions later." Especially Archer.

However, as of chapter 23, it seems Shirou is beginning to regret this, after a massive confrontation with Chad, Uryu, Rukia, Renji, Rider and Hanataro all at once.

Ship Tease: There are a few… suggestive elements regarding Ichigo and Rider's partnership. Not least of which is Rider being pulled into Ichigo's Inner World by Zangetsu. But it's still too early to tell.

Also too early to say for sure, but there is a bit between Chad and Ayako as well.

Spider-Sense: During the war with Aizen Ichigo developed combat instincts that somehow warn him of sudden sneak attacks.

Superpowered Evil Side: Thanks to Caster's experiments on the Hollows, she gives Assassin a Hollow mask much like the Vizards wear. It helps him overpower Saber completely and upgrades his signature move Tsubame Gaeshi by throwing the same strikes in either reverse or another angle. The mask also puts a great toll on Assassin, something he is wary of... and something that Caster is too excited to care about.

Undying Loyalty: Ichigo earns this from Rider, much like her devotion to Sakura in Fate/stay night. She becomes extremely devoted to him to the point that she makes it clear in her internal monologues that she will do anything to keep him safe because she thinks that his Honor Before Reason tendencies will get him killed, to the point that she will sometimes slip into being a Psycho Supporter—best shown when she almost kills Renji and Hanataro because she misheard a joke.

Unskilled, but Strong: A majority of Soul Reapers tend to fight using the power of their zanpakutos and their kido spells over their actual weapon technique. Ichigo notices this compared to Lancer, a Servant of the spear, who is both strong AND skilled, with unmatched speed and accuracy with the weapon. Not that he's complaining.

It was so new to Ichigo. He had never fought opponents with this much pure skill with their weapon until the Holy Grail War drafted him. Most of his foes used the power of their zanpakutou and their special techniques as much as their actual swordsmanship. Even Byakuya and Aizen put emphasis on using the special abilities of their swords and kido in battle over such sublime mastery of their weapon. Lancer didn't have those options aside from the trump card that was his Noble Phantasm's ultimate move, but he still could give him an interesting fight.

White And White Morality: Ichigo's group vs. Shirou's group—they're definitely all good guys with noble intentions, but because they're being either overly cautious or reckless, they've so far only succeeded in making enemies of each other.

Worthy Opponent: When Rider accepts that Ichigo is much more powerful than her and she won't be playing the traditional role of a Servant, she decides to vet the competition to see who is worthy to fight him. Ichigo and Lancer find worthy opponents in each other upon their rematch.

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